Simply Real (SE Blog)

There could be so many people of many ages that look up to you. If you want to be used here is an easy way to start. Watch your tongue as the Bible says. Modesty glorifies God! It is your covering. Play the game wisely. Think about this… Do my actions give God praise?

I have seen some different articles lately talking about the latest trend of “self love” and/or “self care”. Several I’ve come across have spoke negatively about the concept. Stating it’s not biblical, a little vein, self absorbed, etc. As a Christian woman, who tries her best to adhere to Godly ideas and principles, I wanted to search the Word a little and see what I thought for myself. I wish I could tell you that one day during my devotion time, I opened my Bible and God smacked me in the face with this truth. As a wife, and mom...

I had gone too far. The baggage I was carrying was too much for the stowaway compartment and too immense to shove under the seat in front of me. Yeah, I had definitely done it this time. My heart was heavy-laden from the guilt and shame. How could God ever forgive me? Corrie ten Boom states, "God has taken our sin. He has thrown it into the sea of forgetfulness, and He has posted a sign that says, 'No Fishing Allowed'." Oh, that we may understand the "sea of forgetfulness" - it doesn't have a "stowaway compartment" of unforgiven sin,...